The Elements of Euclid, books i. to vi., with deductions, appendices and historical notes, by J.S. Mackay. [With] Key1884 |
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... diagonal of a quadri- lateral is a straight line joining any two opposite corners . Thus AC and BD are diagonals of the quadrilateral ABCD . B A D POSTULATES . Let it be granted : 1. That a 10 [ Book I. EUCLID'S ELEMENTS .
... diagonal of a quadri- lateral is a straight line joining any two opposite corners . Thus AC and BD are diagonals of the quadrilateral ABCD . B A D POSTULATES . Let it be granted : 1. That a 10 [ Book I. EUCLID'S ELEMENTS .
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... diagonal of a quadrilateral , and how many diagonals has a quadrilateral ? 88. How many sides has a polygon ? 89. Which postulate allows us to join two points ? 90 . 91 . 11 " I produce a straight line ? describe a circle ? 92. In what ...
... diagonal of a quadrilateral , and how many diagonals has a quadrilateral ? 88. How many sides has a polygon ? 89. Which postulate allows us to join two points ? 90 . 91 . 11 " I produce a straight line ? describe a circle ? 92. In what ...
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... diagonals equal to a given straight line . 4. Show how to make a rhombus having each of its sides equal to a given straight line . 5. If AB be produced both ways to meet the Book L ] ABBREVIATIONS , PROPOSITION 1 . 21 PROPOSITIONS 1-48 ...
... diagonals equal to a given straight line . 4. Show how to make a rhombus having each of its sides equal to a given straight line . 5. If AB be produced both ways to meet the Book L ] ABBREVIATIONS , PROPOSITION 1 . 21 PROPOSITIONS 1-48 ...
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... diagonals is BD . AB = CB , and BD bisects ABC , prove that AD = CD , and that BD bisects also 4 ADC . 10. Prove that the diagonals of a square are equal . 11. ABCD is a square . E , F , 26 [ Book I. EUCLID'S ELEMENTS .
... diagonals is BD . AB = CB , and BD bisects ABC , prove that AD = CD , and that BD bisects also 4 ADC . 10. Prove that the diagonals of a square are equal . 11. ABCD is a square . E , F , 26 [ Book I. EUCLID'S ELEMENTS .
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... diagonal of a rhombus bisects the angles through which it passes . 4. ABCD is a quadrilateral having AB = BC and AD = DC ; prove that the diagonal BD bisects the angles through which it passes , and that A = C. 5. Two isosceles ...
... diagonal of a rhombus bisects the angles through which it passes . 4. ABCD is a quadrilateral having AB = BC and AD = DC ; prove that the diagonal BD bisects the angles through which it passes , and that A = C. 5. Two isosceles ...
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AB² ABCD AC² AD² angles equal base BC bisected bisector CD² centre chord circumscribed Const deduction diagonals diameter divided in medial divided internally draw equiangular equilateral triangle equimultiples Euclid's exterior angles Find the locus given circle given point given straight line greater Hence hypotenuse inscribed intersection isosceles triangle less Let ABC lines is equal magnitudes medial section median meet middle points opposite sides orthocentre parallel parallelogram perpendicular polygon produced PROPOSITION 13 Prove the proposition quadrilateral radical axis radii radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure regular pentagon required to prove rhombus right angle right-angled triangle square on half straight line drawn straight line joining tangent THEOREM unequal segments vertex vertical angle Нур
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Page 147 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Page 276 - IF there be any number of magnitudes, and as many others, which, taken two and two, in a cross order, have the same ratio; the first shall have to the last of the first magnitudes the same ratio which the first of the others has to the last. NB This is usually cited by the words
Page 331 - If the vertical angle of a triangle be bisected by a straight line which also cuts the base, the segments of the base shall have the same ratio which the other sides of the triangle have to one another...
Page 17 - From the greater of two given straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less. Let AB and C be the two given straight lines, whereof AB is the greater.
Page 112 - If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts, is equal to the rectangle contained by the two parts, together with the square of the aforesaid part.
Page 87 - Guido, with a burnt stick in his hand, demonstrating on the smooth paving-stones of the path, that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
Page 254 - If there be four magnitudes, and if any equimultiples whatsoever be taken of the first and third, and any equimultiples whatsoever of the second and fourth, and if, according as the multiple of the first is greater than the multiple of the second, equal to it or less, the multiple of the third is also greater than the multiple of the fourth, equal to it or less ; then, the first of the magnitudes is said to have to the second the same ratio that the third has to the fourth.
Page 138 - RULE. from half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side separately; multiply the half sum and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required.
Page 304 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 44 - America, but know that we are alive, that two and two make four, and that the sum of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the third side.